10 Most Successful Champions In WWE History

10. Randy Orton

WWE Championship Reign(s): October 7, 2007 - October 7, 2007, October 7, 2007 - April 27, 2008, April 26, 2009 - June 7, 2009, June 15, 2009 - September 13, 2009, October 4, 2009 - October 25, 2009, September 19, 2010 - November 22, 2010, August 18, 2013 - September 15, 2013, October 27, 2013 - April 6, 2014, April 2, 2017 - May 21, 2017, October 25, 2020 - November 16, 2020

Keeping himself at the top of the card for the better part of 20 years has gone a long way in earning Randy Orton the last place on list, with the number of industry icons he ranks above enough to give him a full second Legend Killer run two decades after the first one.

His multitude of title reigns may not have all come during particular industry highs, but his work with the likes of John Cena, Batista, The Undertaker, Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt has seen him routinely programmed against popular and/or money-drawing stars, and the springboard he received from breaking out of Evolution with Batista came just before WWE's audiences started to plateau for good.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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Posted On: 4th Feb 2022

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